Adventure starring Richard Conte
Three men and a woman become trapped by hostile tribesmen when they search for a cache of gold secreted in the North African desert during the Second World War.
Director John Brahm 0 FILMS: pages 41-65

The first showing on network television for this 1938 adaptation of Charles Dickens 's classic yuletide story. Starring Reginald Owen
Director Edwin L Marin ● FILMS: pages 4 1-65

The first in a season of films starring
Fred Astaire , Ginger Rogers Fred and Ginger perform the Carioca and enjoy fun and romance on a musical tour of South America in their first dazzling screen partnership.
With Gene Raymond , Dolores Del Rio, Raul Roulien and Blanche Frederici.
DirectorThomton Freeland
● TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888 FILMS: pages 41-65

Cartoon.

Paradise. A crow attempts to become a bird of paradise.

Another chance to see this look back to 1992's great sporting moments, and the announcement of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year. With Desmond Lynam and Steve Rider. Producer Martin Hopkins Editor Brian Barwick

Highlights of the 1992 Esso British Touring Car
Championship which reached a thrilling climax at Silverstone. Commentary by Murray Walker. Introduced by Steve Rider. A BHP production for BBCtv

Preludes and Fugues 14 to 17 Tatiana Nikolayeva continues the epic cycle of Shostakovich's preludes and fugues.
(Nos 18 to21 on Tuesday 29 at 1.20pm) ● STEREO

This company, founded in 1958, holds a unique place in American dance history for the eclecticism of its repertory.
Judith Jamison, the company's director since Ailey's death in 1989, introduces his ballet Memoria. Ailey dedicated the work to his friend Joyce Trisler. The company also performs Ulysses Dove's Episodes.
(Stereo)

Journeys through colour.
White is.... the beginning. It is John Lennon 's piano, the sliced loaf and lies that don't count.

Just three weeks after the Olympic Games finished in Barcelona, the city was host to the ninth Paralympics, a great celebration of disabled sport. Helen Rollason reviews the event.
Producer Mike Ward
Executive producer Jeff Goddard
A Grand Slam production for BBCtv

A look back at the thrills and spills of Top Gear's 1992 series. Jeremy Clarkson goes shopping in the smallest of cars and then takes a ride in the largest - a 90-ton Euclid truck; Quentin Willson wheels and deals for second-hand and classic bargains; Tiff Needell drives the shatteringly quick and beautiful XJ220; Tony Mason bounces around in a trials car; and Chris Goffey races at Brands Hatch in a Volkswagen Beetle.

A Christmas quiz of practical and entertaining ideas such as suggestions for red wine to go with turkey and recipes for Christmas leftovers.
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Continuing the daily series of Edwardian comedy vignettes, starring John Sessions A Game of Bowls. Ernest acquires a set of finger bowls. * TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

A traditional celebration of Christmas from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, specially recorded for television. The story of the birth of Jesus is told in the words of the Bible, and the choir sing many of the carols that make "the sound of King's" an essential part of Christmas. Their director of music is Stephen Cleobury. Carols include: Once in Royal
David's City; In Dulcijubilo; Unto Us Is Born a Son; The Holly and the Ivy; Silent Night; 0 Little Town of Bethlehem; In the Bleak Midwinter. Producer David Kremer
Executive producer Roger Hutchings * STEREO
0 RELIGION: page 22

In 1955, Stirling Moss won the Mille Miglia, a 1,000-mile dash through Italy. This summer, 300 vintage cars took part in a rally over the original route, and Moss drove the race-winning
Mercedes. His navigator, sports-writer Ian Wooldridge , reports. Producer Michael Begg
Followed by Advent Calendarrrxt)

John Cleese is the fast-talking serpent in Bud Handelsman's witty animation based on the story of the Creation and Fall. With Harry Enfield as Adam and Michael Hordern as God.
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Simon and John King's "animal drama" follows a baby elephant in Sri Lanka who, separated from the main herd, faces many dangers. Aliya is befriended by a young farm boy who helps the elephant back to the wild.
STEREO; TELETEXT SUBTITLES: p 888
NATURE: page 28

Wild Turkey. This new adventure from the Comic
Strip team begins one snowy
Christmas Eve. Jim and Sue buy an unplucked turkey and discover to their horror that it is far from dead. The bird takes them hostage and demands the release of all turkeys. With Ruby Wax, Paul Bartel , Phil Cornwell ,
Jennifer Saunders and Mike McShane. Written by Peter Richardson and Pete Richens
Director Peter Richardson Producer Lolli Kimpton
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First showing on network television for
Pedro Almodovar 's stylish comedy starring Carmen Maura Pepa is hovering between suicide and revenge on her faithless lover when a friend on the run from the police bursts in. In
Spanish with English subtitles. With Antonio Banderas , Fernando Guillen and Julieta Serrano. ● FILMS: pages 41-65

Continuing the season of Alfred Hitchcock films with this thriller starring Tippi Hedren , Rod Taylor Deadly attacks by a flock of birds coincide with the visit of a young woman to a remote area of the Californian coast. With
Jessica Tandy , Suzanne Pleshette. (Rear Window tomorrow at 11. 50pm) ● TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888 ● FILMS: pages 41-65